Hrmm. I think the original had pretty solid acting. Even taking its tone and characterized world into account. Seeing this at noon today. I'm really curious about this one. Not curious enough to pay for it but curious enough to use that free ticket that Oldboy gave me.

I am looking forward to solid action at least.

The acting wasn't bad, and I think Weller was superb. However, it wasn't exactly great either. Good enough.

I think the acting in the original depends on how you look at it. For a normal film a lot of the actors aside from Weller were pretty over the top and ridiculous, but since Robocop is more of a B movie it's passable and I would think somewhat intentional.

The 1987 is just an absolute fucking masterpiece. Not saying the new one will inherently be bad in my eyes, it just feels completely unnecessary.

To me classifying this as a remake doesn't seem entirely accurate though. Other than the concept and some names/references to the original this is really a separate film and feels like something set in the world of the original but clearly wants to be it's own thing. I think that made it go a long way in my not hating it.

You're making me interested in seeing this now!

But if Bruce Wayne is too old, or Lex Luthor is too young, the shit is going to be a catastrophe!

I don't see why this needed to be thrown in this thread. Yes I've given my opinions on the Superman vs. Batman film and clearly don't agree with all the choices made. It's a forum I'm pretty sure I'm able to give my opinions like anyone else is. I admittedly had doubts on how well the new Robocop would turn out and I admit in this case I was wrong. Also for the record the issue I have with Eisenberg isn't that he's too young for Luthor I just don't think he fits the bill for the character at all and don't see him as an intimidating figure.

I'm just poking fun.

Oh hi Robocop

hahah. what a story, Eddie

Dead or alive, you're coming with me, doggy.

I agreed with your review also.

I liked Jackson in the first part of the movie, not sure they needed him at the end, but it was a nice way to get the "Phone Video" in there.

Don't listen to the experts, I am sure they gave the first Robocop a bad review also.

I actually liked this. As stated before, it's very much it's own beast. Which is rather refreshing for a remake. It's an unnecessary film but it is a decent flick at least.

I'd probably give it a 3.5. It has a lot of neat stuff going for it. The problem with it is that it's script doesn't push forward enough to have an impact with some things.

LOVED the blackout. I didn't jive with the Novak element. Kind of just put everything to a halt. Action was decent for the most part. I really like how Padilha shot his action. I've yet to see his Elite Squad films but I hear the 2nd one is badass. Don't think the first one has hit our Region for BD, 2nd is here for sure.

It's a visually good looking film and I really like how they've set up their world with a different issue to spark it but it doesn't remain an impactful situation.

I actually like Murphy before he went Robo. Once he's Robo it's kind of detached to a degree that you're not really with him. The original never made you forget his presence, this one is much more ensemble. More strings to follow along in. I admire what it tried to do but it needed more flesh on the bone.

Talking about Robo... When he was a man in a suit, he was cool. But once he went CG the film doesn't really put you close to the character's emotions to really respond to his action. Neat CG action but I don't care about Robo unless there is a man there, you know?

Watching this it really did make me wonder if this film did have issues or not. Seems like it went ok. Didn't really feel like it was a studio fucked film.

Just got back from a matinee. Price of the ticket was $8.50, but I had $7.50 in Movie Cash.

So you see, I quite literally bought that for a dollar.

Movie was adequate. Not as bad as I was expecting, but nothing special.

Well. I didn't hate it. But it can't touch the original.

I did like the scene where they take him apart and all that's left is his head, lungs and hand.

It's interesting what one litle change made. From him being dead and remembering who he is, VS him knowing right off the bat. As a friend of mine said: "There is no discovery phase, that was the hook for the first one. You went on the journey with him and when he said Murphy at the end every one said hell yea!"

Eh I didn't mind that aspect of it too much. One thing that I always found a bit hokey with the original is that we really didn't know much about Murphy or his prior life so in some ways it was almost sort of hard to care about him. I mean he was a bad ass obviously after he became Robocop but the character development wasn't much at all. Plus the original was kind of goofy how OCP was able to just take his body and erase any of his prior memories of who he was and the explanation was written off because he signed some papers. The remake I thought it made a bit more sense that his wife had some say in the matter of what happened with him even if turning him into Robocop wasn't her first choice.

Like I mentioned earlier in the original film Murphy's basically introduced for about ten minutes or so, goes straight into action and gets shot up, and becomes Robocop instantly afterwards. Not that I don't like the original film but I just was always kind of bothered by that aspect of it and the lack of character development. Also the fact that in the original film we never see any interaction with his family at all other than the brief flashbacks.

I agree there are some interesting ideas in here such as the science behind the man/machine that we didn't see in the original.

So Robocop is bombing hard in between 4th and 5th place behind Monuments Men.

My problems with this had to do with how homogenized it was. I didn't feel I knew enough about this new Alex Murphy to care much about his plight, and his relationship with his wife was so lacking in chemistry that the attempted love scene was almost laughable. Additionally, the motivations of many characters were not very clear, with characters at times seeming to make complete 180s in their actions compared to the way they'd been portrayed. There was very little in the way of conviction in much of any character in the film, in fact.

I really liked this. The original is one of my all-time favorite movies, but I thought this one did a nice job of just going with a completely different story and doing its own thing. I liked Kinnaman as Murphy, and Oldman and Keaton brought a lot to their supporting roles. I liked how this one dealt more with his family, although I wish it would've gone a little deeper into it. I also really enjoyed the father/son type relationship between Murphy and Dr. Norton. I thought the Dr. Norton character was the best in the entire movie.

The third act felt very rushed though, and the ending was a bit anticlimactic considering everything that came before it. The Novak Element parts felt like too much, and ruined the flow of the movie I thought. I also preferred the silver suit to the black suit, so if there are any sequels (and I hope there are, I'd like to revisit this RoboCop universe again) I hope they just roll with the silver.

Even though I overall liked the film, I thought Kinnaman as Murphy was just okay to be honest. I mean he got the job done but wasn't anything memorable and definitely not Peter Weller. Oldman and Keaton really made the film for me.

I saw it on Friday and I really enjoyed it.
And I absolutely love the original, but I didn't go into this movie expecting it to tell me the exact same story.

It answered all the questions that I always had about the original and then some. I also love the jabs at corrupt media and law enforcement. I'll definitely be picking it up on Blu upon release.

This is the 2nd Paul V. remake that I've really enjoyed(Total Recall).
I was very entertained.

After hating Total Recall, I didn't really want to see this. However, boredom got the best of me & I gave it a shot and really liked it. I think what made the difference was the cast. Everyone was top notch and I was very entertained.

I don't think it is possible for me to not like a movie with Michael Keaton in it though, so I may be biased.

Even Jack Frost?